Festus Keyamo, human rights
lawyer, says since 1960 no government has touched the lives of the poor like
the one led by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Keyamo, director Media, Buhari
Campaign Organisation, made this known in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, at the
inauguration of Buhari/Osinbajo Project 2019.

Keyamo, who delivered a lecture at
the occasion said the previous administrations established the worst system of
government, based on sharing formula of the nation’s treasury.

He said Buhari has done was to
take the bullet from the rich to protect the poor.

“They operated a system that
ignored physical infrastructure in the country, that ignored the plight of the
poor, the weak and the vulnerable in Nigeria,” he said.

“If you compare what accrued to
the country in 16 years and what were done with the money earned in three years
and infrastructure built by Buhari, you will see the difference.

“In 16 years, all they did in the
South East was Onisha-Owerri road, whereas in three years, President Buhari is
doing four major road construction in the region. You have a president who has
fought for you, why can’t you fight for him.

“This is the time he needs you
more to fight for him. It is reciprocal and that is why we must remind
ourselves today why we must stand firmly behind him in 2019.

“I can tell that there is no
government in the history of this country since 1960 that has addressed the
plights the poor, the vulnerable in the last three years than this government.”

He listed the administration’s
intervention programmes for the poor and vulnerable which included the N5, 000
monthly stipends, feeding of over eight million school pupils and soft loans of
between N250, 000 and N350, 000 to small business owners.

“These social intervention
programmes show that Buhari’s government is touching the lives of the poor than
the rich,” he said.

According to him, before Buhari
came on board, over 24 state governments were unable to pay salaries of their
workers.

He said the administration, with
prudent management of resources, approved bailout funds to the states to clear
the arrears and address their critical challenges.

“We should not go back to that
era of nonpayment of salary and suffering of the masses,” Keyamo added.

He also called on the people of
Kwara that the time has come to free themselves from “slavery, from oppression
and subjugation”.

“You must fight for your
liberation before you can be liberated, we must come together to salvage the
state form the oppressor,” he said.

“No man is god, no to hegemony in
Kwara, you must stand firm, this is the time Kwara people are living Egypt for
the promised land.”